Salix Group
A Nordic market-leading trading business with a long history
The Salix Group business area is a Nordic trading business offering products for building and industry, primarily hardware, consumables, material and packaging. The business area also offers a broad range of products for home and garden, and agriculture and forestry. The offering consists of market-leading own brands and distributed brands. The operations have shown stable and increasing growth over the last five years, both organic and through add-on acquisitions.
Salix Group’s main market is the Nordic region – in particular Sweden, which accounts for about 70 percent of sales. The largest customer segment is building hardware stores, which account for about 70 percent of sales. Other customer segments include the building and wood industry, forestry and agriculture, and the packaging industry. Sales are made through dealers, retail chains, e-commerce channels and directly to customers. The majority of Salix Group’s net sales come from the professional and industrial segments, with a smaller proportion attributable to the consumer segment.
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Martin Hansson
Chief Executive Officer Business Area Salix Group
Email: martin.hansson@salixgroup.se
Cell: +46 (0)73-345 12 25
Our units
Companies with leading market positions within construction, paint retail and packaging.
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The unit includes T-Emballage, a leading supplier of material-independent packaging solutions to sawmills and other industries, TECCA, which supplies innovative and sustainable climate control solutions to the building and small house industry, Väggmaterial, which supplies the market’s widest range of corner protection to the paint retail sector and Embo, a nationwide supplier of painting tools to the Swedish paint retail sector. The offering consists primarily of own brands and all businesses have leading market positions in Sweden within their market segments.
A leading Norwegian supplier to the door and window industry.
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The unit comprises Sørbø Industribeslag, a leading supplier to the Norwegian door and window industry and construction market. The unit also includes Gunnar Eiklid and Nibu/ SkanCo, which were acquired in 2022 and are strong in the fittings segment in Norway. The product range includes customised fittings and fastenings, aluminium profiles and trickle vents under both its own and distributed brands.
Wholesaler for the building materials retail segment and supplier of screws and fastenings.
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The unit consists of Thomée, Sweden’s leading wholesaler for the building materials retail segment, and Heco, a leading supplier of screws and fastenings for the Nordic market. The products consists of both own brands and distributed brands. Customers include the building and hardware trade and the largest consumer chains in the area. The unit has a leading market position in Sweden with a growing Nordic presence. The unit also includes the service company Salix Business Partner.
Companies with strong market positions in the Nordic building and hardware trade.
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The unit includes Habo Gruppen, a leading Nordic supplier of functional fittings and interior details, Pisla, the market leader in fittings in Finland and a developer of well-known brands for the building materials trade and Duschprodukter, a well-established supplier of showers and bathroom accessories. The unit’s offering consists primarily of its own leading brands. The companies in the unit have strong market positions in the Nordic building and hardware trade and a growing Baltic presence.
Market-leading companies within agriculture, forest, and garden with a clear Nordic presence.
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The unit includes Kellfri and Swekip, which supply affordable machinery and equipment for small-scale agriculture and forestry. The unit also includes Miljöcenter, which supplies environmentally-friendly products for home and garden under several of its own brands. Kellfri and Swekip sell their products directly to consumers, while Miljöcenter’s products are distributed through builders’ merchants and garden centres. The businesses are market leaders in their segments and both Kellfri and Miljöcenter have a clear Nordic market presence.
